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apm disapm fasm hard-drive hardware utility windows

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/rusq/disable-hdd-apm
• Owner: rusq
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2015-11-29T05:09:55.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-06-07T08:59:34.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-07T20:16:28.997Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: apm, disapm, fasm, hard-drive, hardware, utility, windows
• Language: Assembly
• Homepage:
• Size: 52.7 KB
• Stars: 7
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: changelog.txt
  • License: license.txt

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# Download current version binaries for Windows #

Download current version binary: http://goo.gl/8qSDKF

## Instructions ##

  * Download `Disable-APM.zip` file;

  * Unzip; and

  * Run.

No installation needed.

Current binary version is: **2.1 beta**

# About #

## Description ##

This is a system utility, that might be useful on some laptops (for example

ASUS Zenbook UX32VD with Hitachi HDD), when the clicking sound is heard

while laptop is idle. The source of this clicking sound is head-parking

mechanism of HDD, which parks drive's heads while idle to decrease the

power consumption. While this was made with a good intent, for some reasons

some HDD constantly park their heads, and unpark. With each such "click"

the "Load-Cycle Count" parameter of S.M.A.R.T. system increases. The

lifetime of the drive is about 600'000 Load Cycles (you can check yours by

running HDTune Pro), and if the drive clicks too often, it might lead to an

early device malfunction. The reason of this constant clicking is probably

the incorrect setting of device idle time in the HDD firmware. On some

drives this issue is fixed with a new HDD firmware version.

## Features ##

This version of DisAPM stays on-guard of the Load/Unload Cycle Count HDD

S.M.A.R.T. parameter, checking it every 5 minutes, and when it detects the

increase, it disables APM, therefore stops your drive from clicking. It

runs in a system tray, you can exit it any time.

# License #

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it

under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free

Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)

any later version.